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It’s easy… It’s hard - “It takes as many as five years to prepare the standards and prototypes, before final equipment design can begin…” And last year it was said: “By the end of next year, we will have a better idea of how difficult it is goi

International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI) announced their program on 450mm last summer. In their presentation, there is a lot of analysis on why 300mm can’t meet their targets. Has anyone seen anything on why 450mm can meet ISMI’s targets? It seems to be mi

The semiconductor industry’s introduction of 300 mm wafers required addressing some significant manufacturing challenges. The industry is now contemplating 450 mm wafers. Respondents to a survey conducted by Wright Williams & Kelly, Inc. (WWK) in April of 2007 suggested that the c